Tuesday, May 27, 2008
BL0G #3
In this video, Terry Eagleton talks about a book that he has written. In this interview, some of the things that he discusses from the book really made me think. He throws out a few of his ideas to the question of what the meaning of life is. His last idea is happiness. I do believe that one of the meanings of life is happiness. I believe that this is true because not living a happy life makes life a bit pointless. And if life is pointless, then there is no meaning to life.
BL0G #2
I have decided to choose"The Meaning of Life" to be my topic. There are many sites that discuss the this topic. In this particular website, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/, it is stated that most English speaking philosophers writing on meaning in life are trying to develop and evaluate theories, i.e., fundamental and general principles that are meant to capture all the particular ways that a life could obtain meaning. In another site that i found, http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/24taylor.htm, i read about how you should first come up with the meaning of a 'meaningless life'. After you do so, you should figure out what to put into the picture to make the life meaningful. In http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/philo/meaning.htm, i found something that really made me think:
So what is the meaning of life?
I'm sorry, but I can't answer that for anybody. To find the meaning of your life everybody must look for themselves. This is what I have found.
First I thought that there is no meaning of life, and there isn't, not in life itself as a phenomenon. But then I realised that there is a meaning to every creature's life. The meaning of somebodies life, I said, is to spread it's genes in the population (Don't worry folks, I didn't live by this rule.), but now I have realized that I looked for the meaning of life in the wrong places. Procreating is fun, and part of the meaning of life, but we have reached a part of the development where procreating only leads to overpopulation. Overpopulation leads to wars and may be good for the genetic evolution of mankind, but is bad in the long run.
The statement about how everybody must look for the meaning of life themselves is something i agree with. I believe that everyone has their own meaning of life and it may be the same or different as some other person's but it's YOUR meaning to life.
So what is the meaning of life?
I'm sorry, but I can't answer that for anybody. To find the meaning of your life everybody must look for themselves. This is what I have found.
First I thought that there is no meaning of life, and there isn't, not in life itself as a phenomenon. But then I realised that there is a meaning to every creature's life. The meaning of somebodies life, I said, is to spread it's genes in the population (Don't worry folks, I didn't live by this rule.), but now I have realized that I looked for the meaning of life in the wrong places. Procreating is fun, and part of the meaning of life, but we have reached a part of the development where procreating only leads to overpopulation. Overpopulation leads to wars and may be good for the genetic evolution of mankind, but is bad in the long run.
The statement about how everybody must look for the meaning of life themselves is something i agree with. I believe that everyone has their own meaning of life and it may be the same or different as some other person's but it's YOUR meaning to life.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
BL0G #1
GOD AND THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
I have a big interest in this topic for many reasons. Both of my parents are Catholic and they have raised me to be Catholic as well. Being Catholic, I have many beliefs in God and his many creations. I went to a Catholic grade school from kindergarten all the way up to the 8th grade. After graduating from the 8th grade, I went to a Catholic high school for all 4 years. So, being surrounded by Catholics, and being taught the religion as a subject in school for 12 years, it has kept me very sheltered. I do not know much about any of the other religions and other beliefs that other people may have. Learning a different view on the creation of the world would be pretty interesting for me, just because I have only known one point of view for my entire life. I am not looking for new beliefs, I am just curious to see what others believe.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
This topic fascinates me because everyone wonders what the meaning of life is from time to time. If not often, we have all thought about it at least once. We all go through these mundane scheduled days, or we may also go through the complete opposite. Some of us may have extremely busy days, while others not-so-busy. It makes me wonder, “What is the point? Why are we doing what we are doing? What is life’s purpose?” I do not think I could even begin to explain what the meaning of life is, so it would be interesting to really go into depth about this topic.
I have a big interest in this topic for many reasons. Both of my parents are Catholic and they have raised me to be Catholic as well. Being Catholic, I have many beliefs in God and his many creations. I went to a Catholic grade school from kindergarten all the way up to the 8th grade. After graduating from the 8th grade, I went to a Catholic high school for all 4 years. So, being surrounded by Catholics, and being taught the religion as a subject in school for 12 years, it has kept me very sheltered. I do not know much about any of the other religions and other beliefs that other people may have. Learning a different view on the creation of the world would be pretty interesting for me, just because I have only known one point of view for my entire life. I am not looking for new beliefs, I am just curious to see what others believe.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
This topic fascinates me because everyone wonders what the meaning of life is from time to time. If not often, we have all thought about it at least once. We all go through these mundane scheduled days, or we may also go through the complete opposite. Some of us may have extremely busy days, while others not-so-busy. It makes me wonder, “What is the point? Why are we doing what we are doing? What is life’s purpose?” I do not think I could even begin to explain what the meaning of life is, so it would be interesting to really go into depth about this topic.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
What is Philosophy?
According to dictionary.com, philosphy is the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
My life philosophy: Live each day to the very fullest. You never know when it's all going to end.. so, do what you love and never settle for anything less than you deserve!
My life philosophy: Live each day to the very fullest. You never know when it's all going to end.. so, do what you love and never settle for anything less than you deserve!
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